LIEUTENANT COLONEL. ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1942 RECEIVED COMMISSION AS INFANTRY OFFICER. SERVED IN EUROPE AND AFRICA DURING WWII IN TUNISIA; SICILY. ALGERIAN-FRENCH MOROCCO, ITALY AND FRANCE. CAMPAIGNS AND CITATIONS: COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH BATTLE STARS FOR ALGERIAN, FRENCH MOROCCO, TUNISIAN, SICILIAN AND SOUTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS; PURPLE HEART FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE 23RD INFANTRY DIVISION IN 1944 AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.